Citizen essay regulation state

When asked by a 12-year-old what one thing he would do to save the
world, his immediate reply was "Unite the electric grids!" To the
bewildered questioner, he explained. "There is no want of energy in the
world, only a want of vision. The sun is pouring billions of kilowatts of
power on the Earth every second. Then there is hydro, geo-thermal,
bio-mass, wind, ocean differential and other sources of clean renewable
power. About half of the grids that exist in the world today are
connected and one-half remain unconnected. The latter are in the
developing world. Link up all the electric grids and you would have a
continuous source of abundant and
clean renewable energy immediately available throughout the planet. The
immense benefits of unlimited energy for all is immediately apparent.
First, you protect the environment. No need to cut down the rain forests
or pollute the ground and oceans with oil, coal and radio-activity from
nuclear plants. Then when everyone has sufficient energy, birthrate
decreases at exactly the same rate that the per capita consumption of
inanimate electrical energy increases. Living standards rise as population
declines especially in the developing countries. In short, the world's
population will stop increasing when and if the integrated world
electrical grid is realized. With everyone sufficient in energy needs,
poverty disappears, greed, crime, strife is reduced to zero. Wars become
unnecessary and therefore obsolete. Peace reigns on Earth."